[Klug-general] pdf files in Thunderbird 3.0.5

Michael E. Rentell michael.rentell at ntlworld.com
Thu Jul 15 13:43:53 UTC 2010


On 15/07/10 12:27, Dan Attwood wrote:
> why not just send it to yourself?
>
> On 15 July 2010 12:25, Michael E. Rentell 
> <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com <mailto:michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 14/07/10 11:27, Mike Evans wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>     Anybody know of a hidden box somewhere in Thunderbird which will
>>>     allow
>>>     me to make it use the current pdf favourite for my distro - okular?
>>>
>>      Edit->preferences->attachments
>>
>>     Shows a list of content types and the action - you can edit the
>>     action for a type there.  You can also delete any action you
>>     don't want from that window. What I don't see in that window is
>>     how to add a type.  I suspect that if it doesn't find an action
>>     there then it asks you and remembers that action if you say
>>     "always do that".
>>
>>     MikeE
>>
>     Many thanks for that Mike. Now I see that it all seems so easy.
>     Actually I was able to add 'Okular' to the list but I was not able
>     to delete 'GIMP (default)'. So having added Okular, I then
>     selected it from the drop-down box and saved it as that. Now all I
>     need is for someone to send me an email with a pdf attachment to
>     test it.
>     Cheers.
>     MikeR
>
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Now it works. Thanks to all for useful suggestions.
MikeR
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